For details, see http://zerties.org/index.php/Mbrola_arm

# apt-get install espeak pulseaudio-utils



Download mbrola from

http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/bin/armlinux/mbrola.rar

and unpack and install binary in

/home/user/Mbrola_ARM



Download voices from

http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/mbrcopybin.html

and install in

 /home/user/MyDocs/Mbrola/voices/


Small wrapper script for voice selection (usage: 'mbrola-wrapper.sh
"test"' or 'mbrola-wrapper.sh -f file.txt'):

/home/user # cat /usr/bin/mbrola-wrapper.sh
#!/bin/sh

export PATH=/home/user/Mbrola_ARM:$PATH

if [ "$1" = "-f" ]; then
  FILE=$2
else
  text=$*
fi

#ich konnte das "bitte wenden" nicht mehr ertragen ;-)
#echo $text | grep -e "bitte wenden" && text="aham" && echo $text > /tmp/bittewenden

text=$(echo $text | sed -e 's/\./Komma/')

# -v 1.5 ist zum erhöhen der lautstärke. Mit den Parametern -e 120  -p 65 kann man noch spielen
#VOICE=de6
VOICE=de5

echo $FILE
if [ ! -z $FILE ]; then
  # does not work!
  cat $FILE|espeak -s 120 -p 65 -v mb-${VOICE} -q --pho  --stdin  |\
/home/user/Mbrola_ARM/mbrola -v 1.5  -e /home/user/MyDocs/Mbrola/voices/${VOICE} - -.raw | pacat --channels=1 --rate=22050 --format=s16le --volume=65536
else
  espeak -s 120 -p 65 -v mb-${VOICE} -q --pho  "$text"  |\
/home/user/Mbrola_ARM/mbrola -v 1.5  -e /home/user/MyDocs/Mbrola/voices/${VOICE} - -.raw | pacat --channels=1 --rate=22050 --format=s16le --volume=65536
fi/home/user #

Navit customization

<speech type="cmdline" data="mbrola-wrapper.sh %s" cps="10"/>